Daily Faceoff’s Anthony Di Marco answered reader questions for a mailbag feature today, and he’s not a John Gibson fan, that’s for sure:
Early view on goalie outlook for 2025 who is poised to break out (Wolf), bounce back (Kuemper), and fall off a cliff (Georgiev) this upcoming season.
— Esteban Verde (@imgoingreene) August 19, 2025
Fall off a cliff: John Gibson is my pick here, though he hasn’t exactly been in top form in recent years, albeit last year was a strong bounce-back. Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman was finally the one to pull Gibson out of Anaheim, but I just can’t foresee this particular move working out. The Wings have their fair share of problems defending as is and we just saw several years of a sample size watching Gibson play behind a team with similar flaws. Given his age, injury history and team in front of him, I can fully see Gibson’s game cratering this season.
The 32-year-old Gibson is definitely a risk as he’s struggled alongside his Anaheim Ducks until Lukas Dostal gave him some relief this past season…But the Red Wings are betting on Gibson’s ability to bounce back behind at least a semblance of a decent defense, and one way or another, his renaissance needs to occur starting this October.
Cossa and Augustine await, and SY knows how to look at goaltenders.